The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve
~ Release by Lester Young (see all versions of this release, 2 available)
Annotation
Label: Verve - Catalog #: 3145470872 - Format: 8CD
Additional:
Be it by its size, by its price, or by the variety of the material (Clef, Norgran, Verve, 1946-1959), this boxset is definitely not for casual listeners - who will probably be much happier with the sampler Lester Swings.
Hard-core jazz fans, although, will be delighted by this exhaustive insight at Young's later career - too often disregarded.
The last cd also contains a wealth of interesting interviews.
Tracklist
| || 1CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Back to the Land
| 3:58 | |
| 2 | I Cover the Waterfront (12" LP take)
| 3:52 | |
| 3 | I Cover the Waterfront (Master take)
| 4:05 | |
| 4 | Somebody Loves Me
| 3:54 | |
| 5 | I've Found a New Baby
| 4:06 | |
| 6 | The Man I Love
| 4:51 | |
| 7 | Peg O' My Heart
| 4:06 | |
| 8 | I Want to Be Happy
| 3:58 | |
| 9 | Mean to Me
| 4:13 | |
| 10 | Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take)
| 3:01 | |
| 11 | Too Marvelous for Words (LP take)
| 3:02 | |
| 12 | 'Deed I Do
| 3:17 | |
| 13 | Encore
| 3:10 | |
| 14 | Polka Dots and Moonbeams
| 3:41 | |
| 15 | Up 'n' Adam
| 3:51 | |
| 16 | Three Little Words
| 3:20 | |
| 17 | Count Every Star (Master take)
| 3:02 | |
| 18 | Count Every Star
| 3:13 | |
| 19 | It All Depends on You
| 3:24 | |
| 20 | Neenah (alternate take)
| 3:10 | |
| 21 | Neenah (alternate take)
| 2:18 | |
| 22 | Neenah (Master take)
| 3:27 | |
| 2CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Jeepers Creepers
| 3:08 | |
| 2 | Thou Swell (USA 78Rpm take)
| 2:56 | |
| 3 | Thou Swell (Canada 78Rpm take)
| 2:57 | |
| 4 | September in the Rain
| 3:09 | |
| 5 | Undercover Girl Blues
| 2:45 | |
| 6 | Frenesi
| 3:02 | |
| 7 | Pete's Cafe
| 3:37 | |
| 8 | Little Pee Blues | 2:42 | |
| 9 | A Foggy Day
| 2:53 | |
| 10 | In a Little Spanish Town
| 3:14 | |
| 11 | Let's Fall in Love
| 2:58 | |
| 12 | Down 'n' Adam
| 2:58 | |
| 13 | Lester Swings
| 2:34 | |
| 14 | Slow Motion Blues
| 2:58 | |
| 15 | Ad Lib Blues
| 5:53 | |
| 16 | Just You, Just Me
| 7:40 | |
| 17 | Tea for Two
| 7:46 | |
| 18 | (Back Home Again In) Indiana
| 7:04 | |
| 19 | These Foolish Things
| 3:28 | |
| 20 | I Can't Get Started
| 4:30 | |
| 3CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Star Dust
| 3:39 | |
| 2 | It Takes Two to Tango
| 6:06 | |
| 3 | On the Sunny Side of the Street
| 3:28 | |
| 4 | Almost Like Being in Love
| 3:34 | |
| 5 | I Can't Give You Anything but Love
| 3:23 | |
| 6 | There Will Never Be Another You
| 3:30 | |
| 7 | I'm Confessin'
| 3:44 | |
| 8 | Willow Weep for Me
| 3:09 | |
| 9 | This Can't Be Love
| 3:25 | |
| 10 | Can't We Be Friends?
| 3:10 | |
| 11 | Tenderly
| 3:29 | |
| 12 | New D.B. Blues
| 3:21 | |
| 13 | Jumpin' at the Woodside
| 3:05 | |
| 14 | I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
| 3:14 | |
| 15 | Oh, Lady, Be Good!
| 3:30 | |
| 16 | Another Mambo
| 3:39 | |
| 17 | Come Rain or Come Shine
| 3:13 | |
| 18 | Rose Room
| 4:11 | |
| 19 | Somebody Loves Me
| 4:59 | |
| 20 | Touch Me Again
| 5:17 | |
| 21 | It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
| 4:30 | |
| 4CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | I'm in the Mood for Love
| 3:33 | |
| 2 | Big Top Blues
| 4:50 | |
| 3 | Mean to Me
| 7:40 | |
| 4 | That's All (alternate take)
| 4:41 | |
| 5 | That's All (master take)
| 4:45 | |
| 6 | Red Boy Blues
| 5:33 | |
| 7 | Pennies From Heaven
| 5:24 | |
| 8 | She's Funny That Way (breakdown)
| 3:28 | |
| 9 | She's Funny That Way (master take)
| 8:53 | |
| 10 | One O'Clock Jump
| 5:37 | |
| 11 | It's the Talk of the Town
| 6:32 | |
| 12 | I've Found a New Baby
| 6:01 | |
| 13 | I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
| 9:26 | |
| 5CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | I Didn't Know What Time It Was
| 10:02 | |
| 2 | Gigantic Blues
| 6:50 | |
| 3 | This Year's Kisses
| 6:45 | |
| 4 | You Can Depend on Me
| 9:04 | |
| 5 | Pres Returns
| 6:23 | |
| 6 | Prisoner of Love
| 7:38 | |
| 7 | Taking a Chance on Love
| 5:09 | |
| 8 | All of Me
| 5:08 | |
| 9 | Louise
| 5:16 | |
| 10 | Love Is Here to Stay
| 6:29 | |
| 11 | Love Me or Leave Me
| 6:45 | |
| 6CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | St. Tropez (alternate take)
| 7:29 | |
| 2 | St. Tropez (master take)
| 10:38 | |
| 3 | Flic
| 6:32 | |
| 4 | Ballad Medley: A Ghost of a Chance / I Cover the Waterfront
| 5:53 | |
| 5 | Love Is Here to Stay
| 5:54 | |
| 6 | Sunday (rejected version)
| 5:40 | |
| 7 | Perdido (incomplete take)
| 6:37 | |
| 8 | Waldorf Blues (alternate take)
| 6:54 | |
| 9 | Waldorf Blues (master take)
| 8:37 | |
| 10 | Sunday (master take)
| 7:02 | |
| 11 | You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me (alternate take)
| 7:39 | |
| 7CD |
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| 8CD |
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Release
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/2506269 [info] |
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| ASIN: | US: B0000296VH [info] |
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